Honse CO, Figueiredo FB, de Alencar NX, Madeira MDF, Gremião IDF, Schubach TMP. Disseminated intravascular coagulation in a dog naturally infected by Leishmania (Leishmania) chagasi from Rio de Janeiro - Brazil.
BMC Vet Res 2013;
9:43. [PMID:
23497531 PMCID:
PMC3599858 DOI:
10.1186/1746-6148-9-43]
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Abstract
BACKGROUND
Disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) is an acquired disorder characterized by the activation of intravascular coagulation and excessive fibrin formation. It always occurs in association with other clinical conditions, including parasitic diseases. DIC has been described as a unusual complication in human and canine visceral leishmaniasis.
CASE PRESENTATION
DIC was found in a seven-year-old male mongrel dog naturally infected by Leishmania (Leishmania) chagasi. Haemostasis parameters demonstrated changes in primary and secondary haemostasis and fibrinolysis.
CONCLUSION
DIC is a unusual condition described in canine visceral leishmaniasis and it seems to be associated with several immunological and pathological mechanisms involved in the disease.
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